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  • BMT construction effort moves closer toward completion

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The massive construction effort to deliver an updated, centralized basic training installation for the Department of the Air Force’s newest Airmen and Guardian enlistees is nearing 75% completion.Construction of Airmen Training complexes here, including two

  • Luke leadership engages with local partners

    U.S. Air Force Col. David Berkland, 56th Fighter Wing commander, speaks during the Air Force Community Partnership Program meeting at Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, Arizona, Sept. 10, 2024. The meeting advances initiatives between the base and surrounding communities to establish

  • Final Call

    The giant voice speakers crackled as the notes of morning reveille signaled the start of the duty day, the firefighters gathered in the vehicle bay at the end of their 48-hour shift. Tired and with stiff shoulders they circled together around a dark brass bell. Today was different; today they

  • Training Pilots for the Post 9/11 World

    On Sept 11th, 2001, I was 18 and beginning my military career at the New Mexico Military Institute for a year of academic prep before attending the U.S. Air Force Academy. I was studying for my first class of the day when my mother messaged me saying something terrible was happening in New York.

  • Proactive wellness: Altus AFB establishes Operational Support Team

    In 2018, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force led an effort to establish a new healthcare model called Operational Support Teams to provide individual health and unit support. The “Mighty 97th” established an OST at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma in May of 2024.

  • 33rd Current Ops: Scheduled delivery of combat air power

    EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Despite working in a converted loft of an old F-15 simulator building with no windows, the 33rd Operations Support Squadron, Current Operations unit, makes critical contributions to the wing’s mission.Current Ops is exactly what it sounds like, current operations

  • Air Force realigns to ensure readiness, future competitiveness

    The Air Force is organizing its major commands, or MAJCOMs, into Institutional Commands, responsible for organizing, training, and equipping Airmen, and Service Component Commands, responsible for preparing Airmen for warfighting in a combatant command’s area of responsibility. The changes are part

  • AETC senior NCOs immerse in history during Gettysburg trip

    Examples of Airmen and their predecessors operating in austere, Agile Combat Employment-like conditions under immense pressure, while sustaining high numbers of casualties is not new and has been a feature of many past conflicts.